Donald Trump Was Physically Restrained In Court Today

Trump was also held in contempt of court for a plethora of behavioral problems

Dash MacIntyre
5 min readApr 16, 2024

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Donald Trump was restrained and held in contempt of court today for a plethora of behavioral problems on the first day of his New York trial.

Only a few minutes into the trial’s proceedings he shouted out the following derogatory insults and unfounded accusations at the various witnesses testifying against him: “ugly,” “fugly,” “looks like a dog,” “looks like a horse,” “horse face,” “vermin,” “rat,” “nasty period lady,” “evil Trump hater who is clearly on the rag right now,” “I’m going to kill Mark Meadows if he rats on me,” and “I’ll choke out Rudy Giuliani if he rats on me like I choked out those Secret Service drivers who wouldn’t take me to the Capitol on January 6th to lead the coup in person. Oops — strike that last part from the record. Executive privilege! Presidential immunity! Fake news!”

A little later Trump suddenly left his seat, beelined for the witness stand, and had to be restrained by the bailiff and another two security officers from slapping a witness who suggested the prosecution should have Ivanka testify because she was present on January 6th, and she had even joined the chorus of voices of Trump Administration officials personally begging him to post…

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Dash MacIntyre

Comedian, political satirist, and poet. Created The Halfway Post. Check out my comedy book Satire In The Trump Years, and my poetry book Cabaret No Stare.